BAM/PFA Photo Documentary*
(*) Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive. Berkeley, USA.
(**) original photos are black and white medium format negatives taken with a sweet Hasselblad camera
>>BAM/PFA Photo Documentary
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, BAM/PFA, is the visual arts center for the University of California, Berkeley. The building, inaugurated in 1970, was designed by San Francisco architect, Mario Ciampi and associates, Richard Jorasch and Ronald Wagner. In 1997, a campus-wide seismic analysis found that the BAM/PFA did not meet current requirements, and a seismic retrofit was undertaken in 2001 to allow officials time to investigate building a new facility. The fate of the BAM/PFA building is not known at this time.
These photographs record of the important role that the BAM/PFA has played in the Berkeley community for decades. Specifically, they document the relationship between the original architecture and the additional support elements, constructed for the seismic retrofit. This collection of images represents the BAM/PFA’s structure, form, materials, and light, which shape both the interior and exterior spaces of the building.
>>Fernando Herrera
>>12.07.2006
BAM/PFA Photo Documentary*
(*) Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive. Berkeley, USA.
(**) original photos are black and white medium format negatives taken with a sweet Hasselblad camera
>>BAM/PFA Photo Documentary
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, BAM/PFA, is the visual arts center for the University of California, Berkeley. The building, inaugurated in 1970, was designed by San Francisco architect, Mario Ciampi and associates, Richard Jorasch and Ronald Wagner. In 1997, a campus-wide seismic analysis found that the BAM/PFA did not meet current requirements, and a seismic retrofit was undertaken in 2001 to allow officials time to investigate building a new facility. The fate of the BAM/PFA building is not known at this time.
These photographs record of the important role that the BAM/PFA has played in the Berkeley community for decades. Specifically, they document the relationship between the original architecture and the additional support elements, constructed for the seismic retrofit. This collection of images represents the BAM/PFA’s structure, form, materials, and light, which shape both the interior and exterior spaces of the building.
>>Fernando Herrera
>>12.07.2006